TeamHealth Acquires Children's Emergency Services

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., April 4, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- TeamHealth Holdings Inc. (NYSE: TMH), a leading physician services organization, announced the acquisition of the operations of Children's Emergency Services. Children's Emergency Services is based in Dayton, Ohio, and currently provides emergency services for Dayton Children's Hospital. Through this relationship, the clinicians of Children's Emergency Services deliver care to more than 74,000 patients each year.

"Our partnership with Children's Emergency Services expands our presence in the Midwest and affords us the unique opportunity to care for young patients and their families," said Michael D. Snow, president and CEO of TeamHealth. "We look forward to continuing to serve the Dayton area with our esteemed colleagues at Children's Emergency Services."

The term "TeamHealth" as used throughout this release includes Team Health Holdings, Inc., its subsidiaries, affiliates, affiliated medical groups and providers, all of which are part of the TeamHealth organization. "Providers" are physicians, advanced practice clinicians and other healthcare providers who are employed by or contract with subsidiaries or affiliated entities of Team Health Holdings, Inc. All such providers exercise independent clinical judgment when providing patient care. Team Health Holdings, Inc. does not have any employees, does not contract with providers and does not practice medicine.